Roland Garros<\/a>, taking place in Paris, from May 22 to June 5, 2016.<\/p>\nThe French Open first round matches will be played during the first three days of the competition. Main courts are Philippe Chatrier, Suzanne Lenglen and Court no.1.<\/p>\n
World no.1 and top seed Novak Djokovic will open his campaign against no.100-ranked Yen-Hsun Lu (Chinese Taipei).<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 11-time Major champion might face a qualifier in the second round<\/strong>.<\/p>\nNovak\u2019s potential rivals in the later stages of the tournament are:<\/p>\n
3rd round:<\/strong> Federico Delbonis (ARG, 31)
\n4th round:<\/strong> Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP, 14), Bernard Tomic (AUS, 20)
\nQuarter-finals:<\/strong> Tomas Berdych (CZE, 7), David Ferrer (ESP, 11), Feliciano Lopez (ESP, 21)
\nSemi-finals:<\/strong> Rafael Nadal (ESP, 4), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA, 6), David Goffin (BEL, 12), Dominic Thiem (AUT, 13)…
\nFinals:<\/strong> Andy Murray (GBR, 2), Stan Wawrinka (SUI, 3), Kei Nishikori (JPN, 5), Milos Raonic (CAN, 8)…<\/p>\nThe Roland Garros is the only Major trophy Djokovic still hasn\u2019t won. Should he succeed, he would join an elite group of eight players in completing the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n
“The expectations are big not just from my side but from people around knowing that this is the only Grand Slam I never won. I don’t have any intention of slowing down yet. On the other hand, even if it never happens, I need to be very humble and realistic and see my results and my career need to be satisfied with what I have achieved so far. Even if my career was done tomorrow, I made some achievements that I must be proud of. So that’s how I approach things. I don’t try to approach them from a point of view of being obsessed with this tournament or with any other tournament, for that matter,”<\/strong> Novak said.<\/p>\nIt will be Novak\u2019s 12th appearance on Parisian clay (48-11 record).<\/p>\n
Last year, the Belgrade native fell to Stan Wawrinka, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 4-6, in his third Roland Garros final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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